What a hugely successful book swap event today! Thank you to everyone who came along! There was such a lovely buzz in the room with everyone talking about books and sharing their love of reading 📖 #DunipaceReading @mrscupplesdps.bsky.social

As part of our Reading Schools week, we took a trip to our school library to focus on storytelling. We spoke about the different genres of books and we checked out a book for us to read in class for some personal reading #DunipaceReading

As part of our writing, we are focusing on writing a persuasive letter. Last week we had a look at the different parts of a letter and looked at symbols to represent the different sections. We then tried to piece a letter back together using our knowledge of different sections #DunipaceWriting

Last week we started our new topic - the Victorians. We looked at some books all about the Victorians and came up with some great questions about what we want to know more about. The buzz in the classroom was so lovely with everyone chatting about what they could see 📖 #DunipaceIDL

@missnicoldps.bsky.social @mrmcwilton-dps.bsky.social @mrsbartley.bsky.social @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social P4-7 Fun 31 art group have been working on line drawing and shading to create a cityscape perspective drawing 🏢🏩🏫

@missnicoldps.bsky.social @mrmcwilton-dps.bsky.social @mrsbartley.bsky.social @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social P4-7 Fun 31 art group have been working on line drawing and shading to create a cityscape perspective drawing 🏢🏩🏫

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This week we have been developing our research skills. Our topic is Scotland this month, so we chose to research Robert Burns. We found lots of interesting facts about him, his life and his poems. We then used these facts to make posters, iMovies and books on Book Creator 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #DunipaceIDL

For the next few weeks, our Friday art afternoons are focusing on Graffiti. We spoke about how graffiti makes us feel, where graffiti is allowed and then we had a look at some different examples. We had a go at making our own ‘tags’ - making them bright and colourful. They look amazing! #DunipaceArt

In literacy this week we have been developing our skills in using a Thesaurus. Primary 4 thought this would be helpful in making our writing more interesting and detailed. We had a go at looking for some words in the thesaurus and talking about synonyms #DunipaceLiteracy

🎄🥳We had a great time at the P3/4 party! We danced, played, smiled and laughed. Time for a rest now😴😉🎄🥳 @missnicoldps.bsky.social

🎄🥳We had a great time at the P3/4 party! We danced, played, smiled and laughed. Time for a rest now😴😉🎄🥳 @missnicoldps.bsky.social

What a fantastic Christmas Carol Concert from Primary 4, 5, 6 and 7! It was so lovely so see you all singing your hearts out and seeing your smiley faces on stage! Well done! 🌟🎄 @mrscupplesdps.bsky.social @mrmcwilton-dps.bsky.social @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social @mrsbartley.bsky.social

For Day 9 of our Advent Calendar, we made crispy cakes! Lots of fun was had, and there was some excellent teamwork, cooperation and turn taking. We ended the day by trying our crispy cakes - not a single one was left! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳🧁

@dunipaceprimary.bsky.social Remember your pennies for Adopt a Teddy tomorrow 🧸 @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social @mrsbartley.bsky.social @missnicoldps.bsky.social @mrmcwilton-dps.bsky.social @mrscrerar.bsky.social @mrssigurdssondps.bsky.social @missmckechnie.bsky.social @mrsdowds.bsky.social

Our life skill this month is Teamwork. We discussed what makes a good team and then we had to use our teamwork in practice. We had to make bridges using spaghetti and marshmallows. There was some fantastic cooperation and communication displayed. We then tested to see how strong our bridges were 🌉👏🏻

Homework grids have been handed out today. These learning activities will run throughout November - December. New spelling words will be given out each Friday as well as a change of reading book if required. Reading books should be brought in on Tuesdays. Please send in pictures of completed work 📚

Primary 4 have been working very hard on handwriting since the start of the year. Today we moved onto learning about the third join and we used our new handwriting pens for the first time! We had to be super careful and take our time so we didn’t make a mistake #DunipaceLiteracy 📝

This week we have been learning all about Book Creator as part of our IDL topic. We recapped what we had already read in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and then made our own books about the story. We changed page colour, added pictures and text and some even added voice recordings! #DunipaceIDL

Last week Primary 4 celebrated bonfire night with some firework inspired artwork! We experimented with different shading skills and found that holding oil pastels certain ways changed the way the lines looked 🎆🎇

🎉 Our Weekly Top Scorers & Award Winners 🎉 A huge congratulations to everyone for your fantastic effort and achievements this week and last week 🌟👏 #DunipaceUNCRC #Article12

What a fantastic way to end our first block of Fun 31. Lots of talk about problem solving and using thinking skills this week with board games 🧩🎲 @mrsdowds.bsky.social @mrsadonnelly.bsky.social @mrscupplesdps.bsky.social @mrmcwilton-dps.bsky.social @mrsbartley.bsky.social

This week in P.E we have been learning about ball skills with basketball. We learned how to hold the ball correctly to shoot and how to move with the ball safely 🏀

Our IDL topic is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this term. We read that Mr Wonka made an ice cream that never melts. Today we did an experiment to see what would make ice melt faster. We made a prediction and timed how long it took to melt. We discovered that sugar made the ice melt the fastest!🧊

We have been learning about different types of questions. We are focusing on Remembering questions. We read a story called Astronaut Ant and had to answer some remembering questions about the story. I was so impressed with how much we remembered 📖🧠

We are focusing on a life skill every month in Primary 4. This month we are focusing on Active Listening. We played a game where one partner described the picture and the other partner had to listen and draw it. It was great fun! Ask us what the rules are to be an active listener!👂